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Where does “sábalo” come from?

sábalo (Spanish) comes from Gaulish sabŏlos, from Proto-Celtic samos, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó-, from Proto-Indo-European semh₂- — summer, year.

sábalo (Spanish): shad

Definitions

  1. shad

Ancestry of “sábalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gaulishsabŏlos—
2Proto-Celticsamossummer
3Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-h₂-ó-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansemh₂-summer, year
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